One of the more impressive magic tricks in modern American politics is Donald Trump’s ability to stand beneath a chandelier, surrounded by millionaires, billionaires, private jets, gold-plated furniture, and enough donor money to finance a small country, and still...
Trump’s War on Science For generations, America operated under the quaint assumption that science was useful. Scientists developed vaccines, explored space, predicted hurricanes, improved agriculture, treated cancer, invented technologies, and occasionally performed...
When Did Kindness Become a Liberal Conspiracy? Somewhere along the way, a strange idea took hold in parts of the American political right: kindness is weakness, compassion is naïveté, and treating people with dignity is apparently the first step toward national...
MAGA and The Ten Commandments Democracy has one particularly annoying requirement: sometimes your side loses. Ordinary political parties understand this. They complain, blame consultants, fire campaign managers, discover the importance of “listening to voters,” and...
The Reflecting Pool Finally Reflects Something: Jeanine Pirro’s Humiliation Washington’s Reflecting Pool was supposed to be dressed up for America’s 250th birthday. Instead, the hurriedly installed blue coating began peeling, algae turned the water green, and the...
Anger is the product. One of the enduring mysteries of American politics is why the people who claim to be “winning” appear to be furious all the time. They won the presidency. They got the rallies. They got the hats, the flags, the boat parades, the truck decals, the... 
